"I'm not shocked to lose at home," said Jazz starting small forward C.J. Miles. "I'm shocked to lose that game, period, because we should have won it."

BOUNCING BACK: The Chicago loss was, no doubt, a painful one for the shorthanded Jazz, who rallied twice before falling in heartbreaking fashion.

But in the locker room, Mehmet Okur and Brevin Knight talked about the NBA season being like a marathon. No time to dwell on disappointment.

Ronnie Price continued that theme at practice Tuesday, saying pros can't get caught up in one loss in a season that includes about 100 games with the preseason and playoffs.

"The way we took the 'L' last night was tough to swallow ... to have it end that way, yeah, it's tough," he said. "But we've got another game (today). That's the great thing about this league — you've got another game coming up."

COUNTDOWN CHAOS: Due to a technical glitch with the shot clock and scoreboard, P.A. announcer Dan Roberts had to help players by counting down the time in Monday's game. Miles admitted the malfunctioning shot clock was weird to get used to at first Monday.

Miles even said he hurriedly hucked up a 3-pointer when he misheard the time. He thought he heard a "three," so he lofted up a long shot that missed. Then while midair, Miles thought he heard a "nine" but it was too late to pass.

Miles might have heard five, but Roberts only announced "15, 10, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1" in the first half. Clocks were placed in two corners on the court, so no more vocal time-keeping was needed after halftime. (Hallelujah.)

"Sometimes it's hard to be focusing on what the announcer's saying when you're playing," Miles said. "But it's something you've got to pick up on. After a couple of trips, it was nothing."

Jazz coach Jerry Sloan grumbled when asked if the shot-clock snarl-up caused either team to force up shots.

"If you're going to worry about that," he said, "that's a terrible excuse in my opinion."

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